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Tim Kaine: If we tell people hard work is important but we have a wage that says if you do work hard full-time you are below the…

On the recordFebruary 24, 2021
If we tell people hard work is important but we have a wage that says if you do work hard full-time you are below the poverty level, then we are lying.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine emphasizes the contradiction in valuing hard work while maintaining low wages.

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